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“Whether Brown’s firing will be an isolated one, or the beginning of a “wholesale purge of generals,” remains unknown, Susan Glasser said.” I’m sick of this kind of language. It’s known. There will be a wholesale purge of generals, just as he’s been promising. www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...

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I guess it should come as no surprise that our Gerontocrat In Chief should bring back from retirement a general whose nickname is “Raisin” to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Still, sad. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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“For the United States to put its considerable clout behind a German political party whose leaders minimize Nazi crimes, portray their country as a victim of scheming outsiders and parrot talking points from the Russian Foreign Ministry…” Um… that’s us. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

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Fellow book lovers! There is a better way to buy our books than Amazon. Instead of putting $ in Bezos' pocket, every purchase on @bookshop-org.bsky.social financially supports independent bookstores. You can even select the bookstore you'd like to support.

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Was lieber Friedrich wäre, wenn nicht Ausländer sondern Männer das Problem sind? Dann klappt die ganze Show in sich zusammen. Es sind nicht alle Männer so, aber es sind immer Männer, die sowas machen. #Femizid #Femizide

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This doesn’t just hold for Congress. We have all grown too used to comfort and luxury, too out of the habit of sacrifice for the good of all. We traded our birthright of democracy for a carton of eggs. hartmannreport.com/p/yes-were-t...

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Wir brauchen dringend eine europäische Armee, statt drölfzig Einzelarmeen; die sind viel zu teuer. Hat den künftigen Kanzler Merz schonmal jemand darauf vorbereitet? Und auf den Fakt, dass Gendersternchen und Phantasie-Atomkraftwerke in den nächsten Jahren nicht die wichtigsten Themen sein werden?

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I'm rereading my book Serving The Reich with increasing dismay, even horror. This, for example. Broaden "European" to "Western" and I have to say that I am no longer as confident in this statement as I was in 2013. That frightens me.

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#BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga

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Read the transcript. Musk was stoned out of his mind when he did this interview. Our government is being dismantled by a drug-addled billionaire. www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

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Has Putin also ordered Trump to cut the US military down to the point where we can't stand up to Russia? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Trump is a stupid man, which is why so many of his projects have ended in failure. The problem with meritocracy is that when the stupidest quarter of the population are condemned by the cleverest quarter to a degrading, impoverished, shortened life, they vote for a dope like Trump.

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Trump’s incompetence is pushing towards subtracting the scientific, technological, and economic power of Europe from the empire of the United States, and adding it to the empire of Russia. This will turn Russia into an enemy superior to us, and Europe into its serfs. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0 znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

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I’m afraid that this kind of criticism is based on wishful thinking. The idea that any species other than humans and their domesticated slaves have any right to exist? Bah— DEI!

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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“Overregulation by the European Union stifles innovation and explains why there is no European peer to Apple, Microsoft, Meta or Oracle.” Those giant IT network-effect monopolies are hurting our society in the US, not helping it. They’re only good for billionaires. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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The Senate has taken the incredible/inevitable decision to confirm Kash "Qanon" Patel as director of the FBI The Deep State must be shaking in their boots www.wired.com/story/kash-p...

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A bit old but interesting and relevant.

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But we're supposed to trust Elongated Muskrat with government spending: X's financials showing a ~$1.4B profit fall outside corporate accounting norms; the 2023 figures were audited, but 2024 was not. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #X #ElonMusk #Valuation #GAAP #Elon #Musk

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The kind of “Evangelical” who votes Republican hates Dolly Parton because she’s too dang Christian for them.

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I expected the press to at least mention this. Not a bang, barely even a whimper. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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Wer von euch kennt dieses langweilige Spiel noch? Für die jüngeren unter 👇 uns, es war einmal ein Brettspiel mit Würfel aber die Würfel sind längst gefallen.👆

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Stolen from Oliver Gibson: If you think autocorrect is bad, just wait until you have to deal with autocracy.

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I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

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This article ignores the idea that cultures change and evolve, and that we can either try to control that evolution, or accept being controlled by it. We have to reproduce in the next generation the ideas, like democracy, that we value. It doesn’t just happen. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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"When figures like Elon Musk claim that technical competence should override democratic process, when they work to replace human judgment with AI systems, they're not just seeking efficiency—they're building the infrastructure for a form of despotism humanity has never encountered before."

I guess it should come as no surprise that our Gerontocrat In Chief should bring back from retirement a general whose nickname is “Raisin” to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Still, sad. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

“For the United States to put its considerable clout behind a German political party whose leaders minimize Nazi crimes, portray their country as a victim of scheming outsiders and parrot talking points from the Russian Foreign Ministry…” Um… that’s us. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

Fellow book lovers! There is a better way to buy our books than Amazon. Instead of putting $ in Bezos' pocket, every purchase on @bookshop-org.bsky.social financially supports independent bookstores. You can even select the bookstore you'd like to support.

Was lieber Friedrich wäre, wenn nicht Ausländer sondern Männer das Problem sind? Dann klappt die ganze Show in sich zusammen. Es sind nicht alle Männer so, aber es sind immer Männer, die sowas machen. #Femizid #Femizide

This doesn’t just hold for Congress. We have all grown too used to comfort and luxury, too out of the habit of sacrifice for the good of all. We traded our birthright of democracy for a carton of eggs. hartmannreport.com/p/yes-were-t...

I'm rereading my book Serving The Reich with increasing dismay, even horror. This, for example. Broaden "European" to "Western" and I have to say that I am no longer as confident in this statement as I was in 2013. That frightens me.

#BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga

Read the transcript. Musk was stoned out of his mind when he did this interview. Our government is being dismantled by a drug-addled billionaire. www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

Has Putin also ordered Trump to cut the US military down to the point where we can't stand up to Russia? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump is a stupid man, which is why so many of his projects have ended in failure. The problem with meritocracy is that when the stupidest quarter of the population are condemned by the cleverest quarter to a degrading, impoverished, shortened life, they vote for a dope like Trump.

7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0 znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

I’m afraid that this kind of criticism is based on wishful thinking. The idea that any species other than humans and their domesticated slaves have any right to exist? Bah— DEI!

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

The Senate has taken the incredible/inevitable decision to confirm Kash "Qanon" Patel as director of the FBI The Deep State must be shaking in their boots www.wired.com/story/kash-p...

A bit old but interesting and relevant.

But we're supposed to trust Elongated Muskrat with government spending: X's financials showing a ~$1.4B profit fall outside corporate accounting norms; the 2023 figures were audited, but 2024 was not. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #X #ElonMusk #Valuation #GAAP #Elon #Musk

The kind of “Evangelical” who votes Republican hates Dolly Parton because she’s too dang Christian for them.

I expected the press to at least mention this. Not a bang, barely even a whimper. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

Wer von euch kennt dieses langweilige Spiel noch? Für die jüngeren unter 👇 uns, es war einmal ein Brettspiel mit Würfel aber die Würfel sind längst gefallen.👆

Stolen from Oliver Gibson: If you think autocorrect is bad, just wait until you have to deal with autocracy.

I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

This article ignores the idea that cultures change and evolve, and that we can either try to control that evolution, or accept being controlled by it. We have to reproduce in the next generation the ideas, like democracy, that we value. It doesn’t just happen. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

"When figures like Elon Musk claim that technical competence should override democratic process, when they work to replace human judgment with AI systems, they're not just seeking efficiency—they're building the infrastructure for a form of despotism humanity has never encountered before."

theintercept.com/2025/02/17/e...

I solved today’s NYT Letter Boxed in three words and four syllables.